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Asgard Bestattungen (Funeral Home) in Berlin

The Asgard Besttatungen has three branches in Berlin - this photo was taken on Schönhauser Allee. It is not clear if the company promotes Asatru faith or is in any way connected with pagan religious practice.

Tags: Asgard, Branding, Burials, Commercial, Germany, Modern, Norse Mythology, Reception

Playing cards depicting the Norse pagan gods

Description from http://www.sunfilm.is/playing-cards-nordic-gods.html

"Playing cards depicting the Norse pagan gods and characters from the myths as interpreted by Icelandic artist Nína Björk Bjarkadóttir. An explanatory booklet is included in…

Tags: Artwork, Children's Activity, Commercial, Depiction, Games, Heritage, Iceland, Illustrations, Legacy, Modern, Norse Gods, Norse Mythology, Reception, Religion, Reproductions, Souvenirs, Tourism, World-Tree, Yggdrasill

Fragment of razor with ship motif from Strærup in Nationalmuseet, Danmark

A pre-Viking razor fragment from theLate Bronze Age, period V. FromStrærup, Sogn.For a higher resolution image see http://samlinger.natmus.dk/DO/14023

Tags: Artwork, Bronze, Bronze Age, Denmark, Dragon Heads, Knife, Knives, Metalwork, Pre-Viking, Ships

Valkyrie figure from Tjørnehøj

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A silver gilt Valkyrie or shieldmaiden figure from Tjørnehøj in Denmark.

Tags: Danmark, Denmark, Figurines, Gilt, Shieldmaidens, Silver, Tjørnehøj, Valkyries, Valkyrjer, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden

Old Norwegian Language

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this is an example of Old Norwegian as it was around 1255. It is again Arne Torp who made the video, check out his website here:
http://folk.uio.no/arnet/

Tags: Arne Torp, Gammelnorsk, Konungs skuggsjá, Norwegian / Norsk, Old Norse, Old Norse Language, Old Norwegian, The King's Mirror

Det Brente Skipet

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Documentary about a huge and spectacular, but forgotten viking burialmound, excavated in 1874. English subtitles. (p) 2009
www.arkikon.no

Tags: Archaeology, Arkeologi, Burial Mound, History, Myklebust, Nordfjordeid, Norge, Norway, Ship Burials, Viking, Vikingtiden

News: Body in well confirms Viking Saga

Archaeology News from Past Horizons. Report on archaeological findings in Trondheim, Norway.

Tags: Archaeological Sites, Archaeology, Medieval, Norge, Norway, Sverris saga, Trondheim, Trondhjem

Anundshög Official Website

The official home page for Anundshög, Sweden’s largest prehistoric burial mound, and Viking Age ship setting.

Tags: Anundshög, Burial Mound, Guide, Heritage, Prehistoric, Ship settings, Standing Stones, Sweden, Tourism, Tourist Information, Viking Age, Website

Viking: The Berserkers

A film described as 'The Viking Hunger Games'. This trailer shows one way that popular culture engages with the Vikings, in this instance the Viking berserkers who were supposed to have been an unstoppable, berserk Viking warrior.

Tags: Berserkers, Berserkir, Films, Movies, Public Engagement, Reception

Publications of the Viking Society

Digital PDF versions of printed works published by The Viking Society. Includes Old Norse editions, translations and secondary literature.

Tags: Academic Society, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Literature, Old Icelandic, Old Norse, Old Norse Literature, Sagas, Viking Age

Reading list for essay question on mythological stories in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 8.docx

Essay Question: How are mythological stories depicted in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa?

Tags: Bragi Boddason, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Ragnar, Ragnarsdrápa, Reading Lists, Skaldic poetry, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on the figure of the hero in Ǫrvar-Odds saga

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 7.docx

Essay Question: How is the figure of the hero presented in Ǫrvar-Odds saga?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Heroes, Iceland, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Ǫrvar-Odds saga, Reading Lists, Sagas, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on the legend of the Vǫlsungar and its sources

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 6.docx

Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?

Tags: Eddic Poetry, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Heroic Poetry, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Reading Lists, Sagas, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education, Volsungs

Reading list for essay question on sagas, Icelandic law and the sentence of outlawry

Essay Question: To what extent do the authors of Gísla saga Súrssonar and Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar critique Icelandic law and the sentence of outlawry?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Gísla saga, Gisli, Grettir, Grettis saga, Iceland, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Outlaws, Reading Lists, Sagas, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on the role of poetry in the skáldasögur

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 4.docx

Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga) incorporate poetry in their sagas?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Egils saga, Essay Questions, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Poets, Prose, Prosimetrum, Reading Lists, Sagas, Skáldasögur, Skaldic poetry, Skalds, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur

Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga)?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Egils saga, Essay Questions, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Poets, Prose, Reading Lists, Sagas, Skáldasögur, Skalds, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on Eddic poetry and Odinic wisdom dialogue

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 2.docx

Essay Title: ‘There is ample evidence in the eddic corpus of a distinct genre of Odinic wisdom dialogue. The poems belonging to this genre are uniform in their themes and formulaic in their execution.’ Discuss.

Tags: Diaglogue, Eddic Poetry, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Odin, Old Norse Literature, Poetic Edda, Reading Lists, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education, Wisdom Poetry

Reading list for essay question on eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 1.docx

Essay Title: ‘The primary value of eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda is located not in their aesthetic accomplishments but in their status as mythological sources.’ Discuss.

Tags: Eddic Poetry, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Old Norse Literature, Prose Edda, Reading Lists, Snorri, Sources, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education